GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
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| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |